Come celebrate the end of the first week of the winter semester with some good friends and colleagues -- Friday, January 22 at 7:30 pm Join us on Zoom in costume​ please! Who recognizes our good friend and colleague Trekking it up in the photo? Music! Fun! Laughter! Please note: This is Zoom, not [...]

College management recently shared a document entitled "Decision-Making Criteria for Selection of Courses to Transition to On-Line" with many faculty. OPSEU Local 417 holds that significant changes to program and course delivery during the second wave of a pandemic and at the onset of a bargaining year is not in the best interest of [...]

The demand-setting process that will shape the upcoming round of Collective Agreement bargaining has begun.  This summer, your elected bargaining team will be negotiating the next Collective Agreement, based on demands presented by the Local. To inform the process of Local Demand-Setting, you are asked to complete a survey by Friday, January 22nd. This [...]

Dear Counsellors,  Your local president is providing you with the link to the counsellor survey developed by your representatives on the provincial Counsellor Class Definition committee. The purpose of the survey is to get a better understanding of your working conditions. This survey is one of the tools that we [...]

Steward Orientation Online will be offered: Where:         Virtually via Zoom When:          Monday, February 8, 2021 - 6:00-8:00pm                      Monday, February 22, 2021 - 6:00-8:00pm                      Monday, March 1, 2021 - 6:00-8:00pm **Please note: You must attend all 3 sessions in order to receive the certificate of completion. All interested members are asked [...]

The OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle invites OPSEU members who self-identify as Indigenous to apply for a position on the OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle to fill a vacancy in Regions 2 & 4.  Region 2 includes the municipalities of Hamilton, Guelph, Niagara, Owen Sound and points in-between.  Region 4 includes the municipalities of Belleville, Brockville, Cornwall, Kingston, Ottawa and points in-between. The [...]

Contract faculty, please take a few moments to help your Union Local understand more about your views and experiences regarding your employment status at St. Lawrence College. Your responses will help shape the direction and goals of discussions with contract faculty and with management. This survey closes Wednesday, January 20. Thank you. TAKE THE [...]

Teaching timetables are being finalized now and in the coming weeks. Your Academic Office should alert you by email when your final timetable is available, but it will also be viewable under PeopleSoft > Faculty Centre. Keep in mind, what you see on PeopleSoft may not be a final version until your Academic Office [...]